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Baby of the Family (Harvest Book)

by Tina Mcelroy Ansa

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Publisher Comments:

An evocative, delicately comic story of a girls coming of age. From the moment of her birth in a rural black hospital in Georgia, Lena McPherson is recognized as a special child, with the power to see ghosts and predict the future. Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times.

Synopsis:

The New York Times Book Review's Notable Book of the Yearhild at the moment of her birth, with the power to see ghosts and predict the future. But only one nurse knows the spells to ensure that Lena will see good ghosts, not evil ones.

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About the Author

Tina McElroy Ansa is the author of Baby of the Family, The Hand I Fan With, and You Know Better. A frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, she can be seen on the CBS News Sunday Morning segment "Postcards from Georgia." She lives with her husband on St. Simons Island, Georgia.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780156101509
Author:
Ansa, Tina McElroy
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Author:
Ansa, Tina McElroy
Location:
San Diego :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Georgia
Subject:
Parapsychology
Subject:
Afro-american children
Subject:
Occult
Subject:
Psychics
Subject:
African American children
Subject:
African American teenage girls
Subject:
Bildungsromans
Subject:
Occult
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Occult & Supernatural
Subject:
Horror - General
Copyright:
1991
Edition Number:
1st Harvest ed.
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series:
Harvest Book
Series Volume:
no. 97
Publication Date:
19910531
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
276
Dimensions:
8 x 5.31 in 0.57 lb
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